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The iHeartRadio Music Awards should be called the iHeartTaylorSwift Awards.
The pop singer cleaned house at the show Sunday, winning artist of the year and song of the year for "Shake It Off," and even assisted Madonna by strumming her guitar...

The traditional green slime flowed at the Kids' Choice Awards, but it was Angelina Jolie's message of empowerment for youngsters that stuck.
Jolie, who has sought to inspire women with public candor about her own health, said that "different is...

A drunk — maybe also a stoner, maybe not — was wandering down Milwaukee Avenue on Sunday night in the environs of the Den Theatre. Another amped-up dude could be found staggering in the line to the restrooms. Both were adjuncts of director Jonathan...

The high school students stood in front of "Nighthawks," the real version of the 1942 Edward Hopper painting they'd previously studied in a digital incarnation. Somebody pointed an iPhone toward them, and pressed record.
"What can I get...

Madonna, Rihanna and Sam Smith will perform at the second annual iHeartRadio Music Awards this month.
Iggy Azalea, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean and Meghan Trainor will also hit the stage on March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,...

David Otunga has remerged on WWE programming after 10 months away, only now the Chicago lawyer-turned-WWE Superstar has taken on a different role with the company than the one he was accustomed to. The muscular Otunga has been squeezing into suits and...

On Sunday, Feb. 1, Dominick Basso's voice filled the living rooms of millions of people as he sang alongside Jennifer Hudson.
Basso, who lives in Mundelein with his wife and two kids, sang the 1970 hit "O-o-oh child," in a Super Bowl commercial...

Many say she's got the voice of Melissa Etheridge and the arm of Joe Montana….well, if you've heard Evanston's Sami Grisafe sing and watched her quarterback, you will most likely agree. Born to musically inclined parents and having made history as the...

Every year when awards season rolls around, the local media flutter with news of the Chicago connections.
When the Amazon series "Transparent" won best TV comedy at the 2015 Golden Globes, loud note was taken of the fact that its creator,...

Every once in a while you’ll see a famous face in the crowd at a Bulls game. There were two on hand last week that I know of. And if the Bulls can make a run at the NBA title as some are predicting, it’s safe to assume there will be a lot more. Here are...

The efforts of a Palatine-based charity for victims of domestic violence were boosted with a $250,000 donation to build a cafe and career center at a new shelter on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Grammy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson helped celebrate the...

David Otunga doesn’t think he’s funny. The typically confident Harvard Law graduate-turned-reality-TV-star-turned WWE Superstar made this observation three times during our conversation about his new stand-up comedy venture.
Why, then, go to the...

Jennifer Hudson gets the question all the time: “Why don't you live in LA?” We've become so accustomed to celebrities moving out to LA once they hit it big that it seems odd that Hudson — a supporting actress Oscar winner for her role in 2006's...

NEW YORK — "Come look at the freaks," goes the accusatory opening number of "Side Show," the eclectic and enticing 1997 musical from Bill Russell and Henry Krieger that looks at the struggles of conjoined twins, each eager to escape...

As a child growing up on Chicago's South Side in the 1920s, I often heard from my wise mother that I should pay attention to our neighbor, Dr. Julian Dawson, a black physician who inspired deep respect in our community.
"You see, he looks like...

Verizon Wireless is set to unveil its new destination store next weekend in the prime Magnificent Mile corner left vacant when Escada relocated two years ago.
The 10,000-square-foot store at 840 N. Michigan Ave. will be Verizon's largest in the country...

The Shannon Rovers played the bagpipes, green-jacketed volunteers and labor reps cheered wildly and the Chicago Bucket Boys street performers tapped out frenetic rhythms as international travel buyers and journalists wound their way into McCormick Place...

The high-profile judges of Fox's reality singing competition "American Idol," Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr., will all return for the show's 14th season along with host Ryan Seacrest, the network said on Monday.Pop singer...

The array of activities is familiar to Chicago Recording Co. general manager Chris Shepard as he walks from floor to floor, studio to studio one late morning: a young rock band loading into the large Studio 4; an assistant engineer assembling a...

Get ready to see a different side of the Bears' Jay Cutler, according to his wife, Kristin Cavallari.
Cutler and Cavallari will be playing themselves on Wednesday's episode of FXX's "The League," which sees the couple unknowingly befriend the...